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Embryonic Age possessed by the Master of the T., 39, 319-22; Heaven must be understood first, then the T., 39, 336; four other steps to be taken before speaking to the Great T., 39, 337; cannot be learnt from books, 39, 343 sq.; how moral qualities appear as results of the T., 39, 369; Yâo and Shun left the T. and substituted the Good for it, pursuing the course of Haphazard Virtue, 39, 370; the sages who preserved the T. in their own persons, 39, 371 sq.; looked at in the light of the T. all things are serviceable, and all things are unserviceable, 39, 379 sq.; do not by the Human extinguish what is Heavenly, guard the T., this is reverting to your True Nature, 39, 384; let your abode be in the T. and its Attributes, 40, 28; enjoying oneself with the T. in the land of Great Vacuity, 40, 31; he who possesses the T. and its Attributes cannot be in distress, 40, 36 sq.; those who know the T. do not speak of it; those who speak of it, do not know it, 40, 58; to exercise no thought and no anxious consideration is the first step towards knowing the T.; to dwell nowhere and do nothing is the first step towards resting in the T.; to start from nowhere and pursue no path is the first step towards making the T. your own, 40, 58; put away all that obstructs the free course of the T., 40, 87 sq.; the rule of the T. to be followed by sovereigns, 40, 119 sq.; not to be taught to everybody, 40, 200; those who possess the T., do not know it, 40, 205; to know the T. and not to speak of it is the way to attain to the Heavenly, 40, 205 sq.; 'slaughtering the dragon' means 'learning the T.,' 40, 206 n.; the method of the T. as opposed to other methods employed in the regulation of the world, 40, 214; the perfect system of the T. in antiquity, 40, 21418, 221, 223, 225, 227; how the system of the T. was gradually obscured and torn in fragments, 40, 216 sq.; how to become a Possessor of the T., 40, 251-3, 282 sq.; those
who hold the attributes of the T. and display them, are not Possessors of the T., 40, 253; the reason why all men do not obtain the True T., 40, 253 sq.; they who understand the True T. obtain it and abide in Purity and Stillness, 40, 25+; for Heaven now to give life and now to take it away is the method of the T., 40, 260; sincerity the first step toward the T., 40, 266 sq.; to be one with the T. is the True Forgetfulness, 40, 267; by acquiring the True T., the stupid become wise and the coarse become fine, 40, 268; after the T. was abandoned, people began to practise benevolence, righteousness, ceremonies, and music, 40, 284; enjoyment in the T. only to be found by 'emptying one's self,' 40, 288 sq.; Lâo-3ze's aim to lead men back to the T., 40, 314. See also Morality (d). Tâoism described as rationalism, 3, xxi; Sacred Books of T., 3, xxi sq.; 39, xii-xxii; historical phases of T., 3, xxii; 39, 162 sq.; 40, 214-28, 322; its relation to Buddhism and Confucianism, 3, xxii; 39, xi sq., 1-3; 40, 288; Sung philosophy more Taoistic than Confucian, 16, xvi; Tâoist influence in the Yüeh Ling, 27, 20 sq.; Tâoistic element in the Li Kî, 27, 24, 45, 364-7, 364 n., 365 n., 367 n., 387 sq. n.; 28, 344 n.; and occult sciences, 39, xii, 42, 44; later phases of T., 39, xii, 96, 135, 237 n.; 40, 295; its relation to Confucianism, 39, xv sq., 1-3, 33, 132, 139, 141; 40, 152; older than Lâo-zze, 39, 1-4; chief points of belief in T., 39, 12-33; T. and Buddhism, 39, 23, 33, 35 11., 42-4, III, 129, 131, 155, 197 n., 313 n.; 40, 139 n., 238 n., 266, 288, 293; its moral teaching, 39, 30-3; old T. not a religion, 39, 41; worship of the Three Pure Ones,' 39, 43; dreams of Taoists about the elixir vitae and life-preserving pills, 39, 103; definitions and illustrations of the perfect Tâoist, 39, 127 sq., 16871, 192-4; non-action the essence of T., 39, 137, 142-4, 264-6, 291-8, 302 sq., 305 sq., 330-8; opposed to benevolence, righteousness, arts,
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